My Mother's Wedding
My Mother's Wedding is a 2023 comedy drama film directed by Kristin Scott Thomas in her directorial debut, from a screenplay she cowrote with her husband John Micklethwait. It stars Scott Thomas alongside Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, Freida Pinto, and Thibault de Montalembert. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023, and was released in the United States on 8 August 2025.
Premise
Three sisters return to their family home to attend the wedding of their twice widowed mother Diana. All three sisters have had different life experiences, with Georgina being a palliative nurse, whilst Victoria is an actress, and Katherine is a captain in the Royal Navy.Cast
Sindhu Vee and Giulio Berruti make uncredited appearances.Production
In June 2022, it was revealed that Scarlett Johansson and Kristin Scott Thomas were working together on a new film that was set to be the latter's first directing role. That same month, Sienna Miller, Freida Pinto and Emily Beecham were added to the cast. Filming of a wedding took place on location in Hampshire at St Mary's Church, Ashley, and on parts of The Grange Hampshire estate near Alresford in June 2022, while Johansson was reported to be filming naval scenes on HMS Prince of Wales in Portsmouth.Principal photography was reported as being completed by the end of July 2022, with Scott Thomas being quoted as saying she found the experience "exhilarating" and that it was "thrilling to create this fictional family using my own childhood memories as a springboard." The film marks the third time that Scott Thomas and Johansson have played mother and daughter respectively, following The Horse Whisperer and The Other Boleyn Girl.
In July 2023, the film was renamed to North Star ahead of its world premiere. In February 2025, the film was then renamed back to its original title after being acquired by Vertical.
Release
My Mother's Wedding had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2023. It was released in the United States on 8 August 2025.Reception
Critical response
Lindsey Bahr of the Associated Press wrote that the film "has a silly lightness to it that's aiming for something along the lines of a Richard Curtis romantic comedy. But coherency of the vision is limited, as is the audience's investment, though there are some lovely and inspired touches like using Iranian artist Reza Riahi to hand paint several animated flashback vignettes based on her memories of her fathers."Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com gave the film two and a half out of four stars and wrote, "Rom-com fans may be amused to see Fleet and Scott Thomas together again after playing the wealthy siblings in Four Weddings and a Funeral." She also wrote, "The film was originally titled North Star. Yet, despite a few moments of connection and insight, that is precisely what this story is missing."